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Mining Yearbook 2015

Marooned mines legislation needs urgent attention

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The Minerals & Petroleum Resources Development Act is marooned somewhere in the parliamentary process. When will the South African government save it.

Can a carbon tax still fly as SA mining sinks?

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The SA mining sector has warned that implementing a carbon tax next year with heap further pressure on an ailing sector yet, for now, government is unmoved.

Exxaro’s Nkosi confident BEE will be resolved

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Exxaro Resources's Sipho Nkosi said his firm would continue to develop its BEE even if the courts decide in favour of once-empowered, always empowered.

Who the hell wants to be in platinum?

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Managing a platinum firm today is no easy task but Northam Platinum CEO, Paul Dunne, claims to have been relishing the challenge.

Gone South

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Notwithstanding the pessimism in the mining market, demergers of non-core assets generally work well - as should be the case for South32.

Gemfields dancing a merry jig

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Gemfields is a rare beacon of light and hope when it comes to fortunes in the global mining sector with sales for coloured gemstones on the rise.

Backdrop to gold wage talks shows pressures

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The backdrop to this year's round of wage negotiations in the gold sector demonstrate just why it'll be so difficult to arrive at a quick and painless solution.

Zambia U-turn makes mountain of investment

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If Africa's mineral rich continents need a lesson of how not to tackle regulatory change in their mining sectors, look no further than Zambia.

De Beers looks to SA with fresh eyes

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The easy mines, where you trip over a diamond-bearing outcrop, have long been found in SA but that doesn't mean new mines in the country are an impossibility.

Mark Cutifani: ‘We are rebuilding Anglo American’

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Pressure on Mark Cutifani's Anglo American is growing with analysts calling for the dividend to be cut. He spoke to David McKay ...